politics-war:

A napalm strike erupts in a fireball near U.S. troops on patrol in South Vietnam in 1966 during the Vietnam War.

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problacksista:

Ultimately, the problem isn’t what demfolk do to our children in their education system, the problem is that, knowing what it is -having been there ourselves, we go on ahead and send our babies into the belly of the beast anyhow…Where they’ll learn lies and how to hate themselves. We can be accountable for each other.

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plausible-deniability:

U.S. Army Sgt. Benny Hermanson, a sniper from Task Force “No Fear” 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 2-27 Infantry aims a XM2010 sniper rifle towards the Taliban position during an early morning firefight at Out Post Bari Alai in Kunar, Afghanistan. 

sarahlee310:

hman:

dontwalkintime:

Touche.

I am laughing so hard on the inside right now because I am picturing Cornel West, paintbrush in hand, making up slogans for signs, while sitting in his book-lined office in Princeton. 

And then he goes out to look for more scraps of cardboard. 

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Reblogged the photo before, but these words painted another picture that made me laugh so hard I spit my ice cream out and nearly fell out of my chair.  Thanks.  I needed that. - SarahLee

army11c:

mans best friend

independencefm:

Its not someone who fights in war, who is a hero. Its someone who fights A war.

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plausible-deniability:

A U.S. Army soldier pull security with his Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) while on patrol in Afghanistan. 

Debt, Slavery and our Idea of Freedom | David Graeber ›

hassibah:

myadolescenceispersonified:

“A Child’s View From Gaza”

An Oakland children’s museum, citing pressure from the community, canceled a planned exhibit of artwork by Palestinian youth ages 8-14 that depicted the Israeli assault during the 2008-09 Gaza conflict.

These are a few of the images.

Credit: libyanana for posting it on her wall. (;

Oh nice, I’m glad somebody made this post so I don’t have to.  The EI post on it is worth a read.

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noleadersplease:

The War You Don’t See 

Documentary / War
Australia / Great Britain, 2010, 96 min

Directors: John Pilger, Alan Lowery
Writer: John Pilger

A powerful and timely investigation into the media’s role in war, tracing the history of embedded and independent reporting from the carnage of World War One to the destruction of Hiroshima, and from the invasion of Vietnam to the current war in Afghanistan and disaster in Iraq.

As weapons and propaganda become even more sophisticated, the nature of war is developing into an electronic battlefield in which journalists play a key role, and civilians are the victims. But who is the real enemy?

John Pilger says in the film: “We journalists… have to be brave enough to defy those who seek our collusion in selling their latest bloody adventure in someone else’s country… That means always challenging the official story, however patriotic that story may appear, however seductive and insidious it is.

For propaganda relies on us in the media to aim its deceptions not at a far away country but at you at home… In this age of endless imperial war, the lives of countless men, women and children depend on the truth or their blood is on us… Those whose job it is to keep the record straight ought to be the voice of people, not power.”

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plausible-deniability:

A U.S. Army infantry sniper scans the terrain, with his Barret .50 caliber sniper rifle. 

betterdead:

The sun breaks through the dense jungle foliage around the embattled town of Binh Gia, 40 miles east of Saigon, in early January 1965, as South Vietnamese troops, joined by U.S. advisors, rest after a cold, damp and tense night of waiting in an ambush position for a Viet Cong attack that didn’t come. One hour later, as the possibility of an overnight attack by the Viet Cong diasappeared, the troops moved out for another long, hot day hunting the elusive communist guerrillas in the jungles.

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coeus:

The best Iraq Exit Strategy put forward as of yet. 

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